We live in Celebration, in East Village, and our house is exactly 8 miles from the Magic Kingdom toll gate. The celebrationfl.com website is rather outdated, but it's a fun place to visit. There are several good restaurants (Seito Japanese, Market Street Cafe diner, D'Antonios italian, Columbia Cuban/Spanish, Town Tavern Boston-style, plus a Starbuck's, Sherlocks for tea and light snacks, and a few other restaurants at Water Tower Place at the 192 entrance to town (Joe's Crab Shack, Siena Flats Pizza, Coldstone ice cream, Moes Mexican, Mulligans Pub, and PJ's Coffee). You can walk around the lakefront and shop in the neat little stores. Some weekends there are special events, too, like art shows, pie fest, and an exotic car show, and every Sunday there is a farmer's market.